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| Personal Name | Llamas, John Kevin G. |
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| Resource Title | Ang Pagtatagpo ng Doctor at Pamayanan, ng Pamayanan at Doctor: Towards a framework of Community-Oriented Medical Practice in the Philippines |
| Date Issued | 4 February 2025 |
| Abstract | Philippine healthcare is a mixed private-public model that fails to promote health and well-being for all and provide equitable health services to every Filipino. It is a system that operates primarily through doctors’ private practice, where access to quality healthcare is linked to a monetary fee. Even amid universal health care, medicine is still not for the people, with culture and practice biased toward private business operations, specializations, individual health, and cure. It is a profession perpetually linked to the prestige and respect of the white coat that is, unfortunately, distancing doctors from the marginalized populations that need them the most. This research argues that health inequality can be combated by promoting and implementing a community-oriented form of medicine focused on serving the underserved through primary care, public health, and health promotion. It is a practice beyond the confines of the hospital. It is grassroots work where doctors go to the people—people with little to no opportunity to see one. It is also a practice striving for more community engagement and participation, empowering people with and for their health. This is a reframing of medicine through its culture, education, accreditation, and application that should benefit all, but most importantly, those who have been unjustly left out. Community-oriented medical practice entails the emergence of community development principles among doctors who serve the underserved. This study aims to explore the convergence of community |
| Degree Course | Master of Community Development |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Community; Medicie, Community oriented Medical Practice |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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